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Dimensionless value characterising permeability change in a thin layer around the well cased by stimulations or deteriorations, and usually represented by Hawkins equation:Normalised dimensionless difference between the sandface bottomhole pressure (BHP) 

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 and the sandface reservoir pressure 
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body\displaystyle p({\bf r}, t) |_{{\bf r} \in \Gamma_s}
 at the boundary
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 of damaged reservoir zone
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S_M = \left ( frac{2 \pi \frac{ksigma}{kq_st} - 1   \right ) \ \ln \left (  \frac{r_s}{r_w}   \right )

Motivation

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\cdot \left[ p_{wf}(t) - p({\bf r}, t) |_{{\bf r} \in \Gamma_s} \right]

where

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q_t

total sandface rate

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\sigma

formation transmissibility at the boundary

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\Gamma_s

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of the damaged reservoir zone 

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A_s

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A_s

damaged reservoir zone

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\Gamma_s

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В общем случае, для учета этого явления при расчете динамики давления пласта необходимо применять радиально-композитную фильтрационную модель: внутреннее кольцо пораженного пласта + внешнее кольцо невредимого пласта. 

Однако, если кольцевая зона поражения пласта  намного меньше радиуса дренирования 

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r_s - r_w \ll r_e \rm \, ,

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bodyP^o_{wf}(t)|

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The 

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 can be re-wrriten as:

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p_{wf}(t) = p^o_{wf}(t)| - \frac{q_t}{2 \pi  \sigma} \ S
где 
_M

with the meaning that near-reservoir damage is resulting in additional pressure drop quantified by the value of mechanical skin-factor 

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S_

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M


It quantitatively characterises permeability change in a thin layer (usually < 1 m) around the well or around the fracture plane, caused by stimulation or deterioration during the reservoir invasion under drilling or well intervention or under routine production or injection.

It contributes to the total skin estimated in transient well testing


For the radial-symmetric permeability change around the well it can be estimated by means of Hawkins equation

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body\sigma
 – гидропроводность дальней зоны пласта,

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bodyS

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:

Skin
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S_M = \
bigg
left (  \frac{k}{k_s} - 1   \
bigg
right ) \ \ln \
big
left (  \frac{r_s}{r_w}   \
big
right )

Из определения видно, что
 

ухудшенная призабойная зона 

where 

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well radius from drilling

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damaged reservoir (

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) radius:
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( the most typical range is:
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bodyr_w <

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r_s < 1
m )

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bodyk

absolute formation permeability in the undamaged reservoir zone away from well location

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bodyk_s

absolute formation permeability in the damaged near-well reservoir zone


The definition of 

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S_M
 in 
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suggests that:
 

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  • < k

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  •  is characterised by a positive skin-factor 
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  • S>0
    ,

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  • k_s

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  • > k
     is characterised by a negative skin-factor 
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    bodyS<0
    .


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The most popular practical range of skin-factor variation is 

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body-5 < S_M < 8
 with upper limit may sometimes extend further up.

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For the negative skin-factor values there is a natural limitation from below caused by the Mechanical Skin concept itself.

The Mechanical Skin concept is trying to approximate the true inhomogeneity of the near and far reservoir zones with homogenous far reservoir model and additional pressure drop at the well wall.

In case of high permeability

The values of 

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_M < -5
 are usually not supported by the majority of commercial simulators as these values assume almost infinite permeability in the 10 m area around the well see 
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 below:

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p_{wf}(t)
k_s = 
p(t,r_w) = p_i +
k \cdot \left[ 1+\frac{
q
S_
t
M}{
4
 \
pi
ln \
sigma
frac{r_s}{r_w}} \
,
right]^{-1} \
bigg[
rightarrow 
-
\infty 
2S +
\, \mbox{  when 
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} 
\bigg( - \frac{r_w^2}{4 \chi t} \bigg) \bigg]Заметим, что значение скин-фактора оказывает влияния на поведение давления только в самой скважине, и не влияет на распределение давления за пределами зоны поражения пласта 
S_M \rightarrow -5


In other words, the highly negative skin-factor 

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 should be modelled as composite area around near-reservoir zones rather than using the concept of Mechanical Skin.


For horizontal wells the lower practical limit when Mechanical Skin concept can be applied is even lower and usually assumed as 0.

See Also

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Petroleum Industry / Upstream / Subsurface E&P Disciplines / Well Testing / Pressure Testing

Well & Reservoir Surveillance ][ Skin-factor (total) ]Skin-factor (geometrical) ]


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